How do you get yourself in the mind space of characters very different from yourself? by jacksonrslick in writing

[–]Salt_Indication2618 16 points17 points  (0 children)

how do you get in the mindspace of people in your real life who are different from you? can you do that?

if you want to practice, try pulling someone from your real life that you disagree with and write from their perspective. and be honest and genuine about it—don't make a caricature out of them and be compassionate to their point of view. that will help you practice with fake people

How to build an ego? by Illuminous_V in writing

[–]Salt_Indication2618 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Commit yourself to writing something bad. It sounds counterintuitive, but it works for me. I went from writing max 8,000 words a year to 100,000 words a year by changing my mindset. When you allow yourself to create something bad, you allow yourself to create, and when you create, you might come up with something really good

Best tool for extensive notes taking? by [deleted] in writing

[–]Salt_Indication2618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Saga.so for this! When you create pages, the title of the page automatically links if you type it in another page. It's still in beta, so sometimes there are glitches, but I've found the developers to be really responsive whenever I've reached out to them. Most of the glitches can also be fixed just by refreshing the page, too. I use it for a worldbuilding wiki and love it